Writing
World Building Side Notes
Out of all the best world-building authors that I’ve read, one thing that interests me the most is the way hints to the greater history and world background are dropped along the way. Tolkien’s world is the perfect example (as always), with all the work he put in to the history of his world. Historical [...]
2010: The Year I Kick Some Ass
I’m making bold predictions for this year. I don’t think I’ll be actually kicking some ass, since that’s never really been an issue in my adult life. No, what I’m referring to is the fact that I think I’ve come up with actual achievable goals for the year. These goals aren’t just really easy to [...]
Competent Heroes
I was pondering my process of creating characters tonight during my walk around town, and I think I realized why I have such a fondness for the Doctor Who world and character. I love how the Doctor and basically everyone he associates with is bright, capable, and competent at what they do. This differs from [...]
Sum Up (Again)
I need to start writing more, just so I can avoid writing these clichéd ‘honest I really mean to write but real life and I’m a slacker blah blah blah’ posts. I think one of the biggest reasons I haven’t been posting anything for the last few weeks is that I’m really working too hard [...]
Holiday Weekends
It seems that holiday weekends, though longer, foster in me an intense desire to loaf off and not get anything done. I have so much stuff to get caught up, and with an extra day this weekend I was hoping to find some time to do said catching up. But when I sat down to [...]
Tidbits
There is a streetlight on the road uphill from my apartment that only stays lit for a few seconds at a time. Recently I’ve been walking about a mile and a half around my neighborhood at around 10:00 PM every night, and lately the moon has been waning and it’s quite dark out at night. [...]
Excuses
As with every post here lately, this one will just be a bunch of excuses. The reality of my situation right now is that my day job has been so hard on me lately that the times I do have free at home are just spent recuperating – especially on the weekend. I have been [...]
Movie Stuff
A topic that comes up when I’m watching movies with other people is that I regret the death of the pre-film credits. Everyone tells me I’m crazy, but I think they’d be singing another tune if they were MST3K fans. I mean, a huge amount of riffing is possible during the credits, and for some [...]
A Lack of Character(s)
I’ve come to realize that one of the toughest challenges that I have in my attempts at writing fiction is creating believable characters. It may in fact be the hardest part of writing for me, and I have yet to overcome it. That’s why I haven’t managed to finish a story completely – I become [...]
My Annual Cold
This past week has been horrible for me. I missed three days of work because of a massive cold that knocked me right out, and I’m still recovering. I mostly played World of Warcraft the whole time because that was the only thing I could do that didn’t require me to move much. This year [...]
